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Largest city in the Aude department: the 2026 ranking

The 433 towns of the Aude department (11) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.

The largest city in the Aude department is Narbonne, with 58,669 inhabitants (ranked 104th in France by population). It is also the largest town by area in the department (173 km²). The most densely populated is Carcassonne, with 725 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, Fontanès-de-Sault has only 6 inhabitants.

The Aude department has 387,874 inhabitants over 6,139 km², a density of 63 inhabitants per km², 1.7 times lower than the national average (110 per km²). It accounts for 6.2% of the population of Occitanie, the region it has belonged to since the 2016 reform (formerly Languedoc-Roussillon): see the ranking of the largest cities in Occitanie.

The 20 largest cities in the Aude department by population

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Narbonne 58,669 173 339 104th
2 Carcassonne 47,153 65 725 151st
3 Castelnaudary 12,700 48 266 798th
4 Limoux 10,876 32 336 951st
5 Lézignan-Corbières 10,584 38 281 992nd
6 Port-la-Nouvelle 5,912 29 207 1,916th
7 Coursan 5,827 25 237 1,962nd
8 Sigean 5,766 35 163 1,991st
9 Trèbes 5,474 16 335 2,092nd
10 Gruissan 5,109 44 117 2,231st
11 Leucate 4,614 24 196 2,476th
12 Villemoustaussou 4,492 12 376 2,552nd
13 Fleury 4,284 51 84 2,676th
14 Cuxac-d'Aude 4,135 22 192 2,781st
15 Salles-d'Aude 3,446 18 190 3,353rd
16 Bram 3,297 18 186 3,489th
17 Sallèles-d'Aude 3,253 13 259 3,541st
18 Quillan 3,068 35 89 3,758th
19 Pennautier 2,948 18 166 3,892nd
20 Palaja 2,799 15 191 4,072nd

Largest towns by area in the Aude department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Narbonne 58,669 173 339 62nd
2 Carcassonne 47,153 65 725 645th
3 Tuchan 801 60 13 782nd
4 Saissac 924 57 16 868th
5 Montréal 2,349 55 43 928th
6 Fleury 4,284 51 84 1,101st
7 Val-de-Dagne 747 50 15 1,174th
8 Castelnaudary 12,700 48 266 1,325th
9 Roquefort-des-Corbières 1,066 45 23 1,514th
10 Gruissan 5,109 44 117 1,666th

Most densely populated towns in the Aude department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Carcassonne 47,153 65 725 1,299th
2 Cazilhac 1,705 3.8 445 2,058th
3 Villemoustaussou 4,492 12 376 2,397th
4 Villegailhenc 1,770 4.8 370 2,438th
5 Berriac 985 2.7 369 2,443rd
6 Narbonne 58,669 173 339 2,653rd
7 Limoux 10,876 32 336 2,675th
8 Trèbes 5,474 16 335 2,684th
9 Vinassan 2,713 9.0 303 2,982nd
10 Lézignan-Corbières 10,584 38 281 3,213th

All towns in the Aude department (433)

INSEE total population in parentheses. Each town page gives its area, density, national and departmental rankings, and neighboring towns.

Other departments in Occitanie

Ariège (09) Aveyron (12) Gard (30) Haute-Garonne (31) Gers (32) Hérault (34) Lot (46) Lozère (48) Hautes-Pyrénées (65) Pyrénées-Orientales (66) Tarn (81) Tarn-et-Garonne (82) All departments

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); land area: IGN / Observatoire des territoires. Rankings computed across the 34,858 communes in the database.

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